Top 100 Songs of 2020: The Year-End Chart

“Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd was the biggest hit of 2020, finishing at No. 1 on the year-end Top 100 ahead of “Circles” by Post Malone and “The Box” by Roddy Ricch. The year-end chart ranks the songs that performed best across the whole year, not just in a single week.

21 acts placed more than one song on the list, led by Justin Bieber (4), Lil Baby (4), Pop Smoke (4), Luke Combs (3), The Weeknd (2). 9 of the 100 were holdovers from the 2019 list, so 91 songs were new to the year-end chart.

The 2020s: the sound of the era

In the 2020s, viral videos and streaming playlists can turn a song into a year-end hit in weeks. The lists so far mix pop superstars, a strong run for country music, Latin hits and older songs rediscovered by a new generation.

Born in 2002? This was the year you turned 18. Tune the mixer to your year, or try today’s Name That Year game.

The full 2020 year-end Top 100

Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. ▶ plays the song in Hey DJ 4U; ♪ searches for it on Apple Music. Spotted an error? Tell us.